Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 28, Great Western Hospital July 2007
He had been sitting in A&E for long hours and it was now 09:30. He had watched them wheel her out them to an operating theatre and she had come back, still on the trolly [more…]
Blog
Animals
Larry’s Diary – Week One Hundred and Sixty-Four
Monday Good morning folks, another week and it’s definitely getting colder when I went for my constitutional. Mary Elizabeth was in residence last night and I’m warming to her, she talks to me and strokes [more…]
20th Century
Deluge at Lynmouth
Over breakfast on the morning of Friday, August 15th 1952, readers of the letters page of the Ilfracombe Chronicle and North Devon News may have noticed the following correspondence from a Mr Cuthbert Burgoyne of [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 239
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]
20th Century
My Leg Ends of Pop Music – Part Five – Bob Dylan
After 60 proper legends of pop (OK, you may have thought that some were a bit iffy), it is now time for my Top 20 Leg Ends of pop. These are those groups or artists [more…]
Fiction
Jinnie’s Story – Book Four, Chapter Thirteen
The Walsh family made the usual Boxing Day excursion to watch Barnet play, but this year the party had grown as they were joined by Daniel meaning they need two cars. Jinnie drove her official [more…]
Arts
Always Worth Saying’s Question Time Review
Question Time 20th October 2022 The Panel: Graham Stewart (Conservative) Jess Phillips (Labour) Tony Danker (CBI) Cornelia Parker (Artist) Camila Cavendish (Journalist) Venue: Cheltenham This is what a coup d’état looks like. The WEF and [more…]
20th Century
Stalybridge – Clubs, Pubs And Poets
I’ve never been myself, but I’m prepared to bet that Stalybridge is rather different today from when my uncle described it for the Manchester Evening News in February, 1947 – Jerry F A blizzard was [more…]
Economics
OTF (Own Two Feet) Party, Part Eleven
After watching events over the last week – there is a case of doing away with voting and going straight to red-hot pokers. However, as a better people, we will endure to change the system [more…]